The Army announced in April that it will create a single command to
perform the functions of the Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) in
Alexandria, Virginia, and the Army Reserve Personnel Command
(AR-PERSCOM) in St. Louis, Missouri. The new command will integrate the
two existing organizations as a multicomponent field operating agency
(FOA) under the Army G-1. The Army National Guard will integrate
functions where possible, and the Civilian Personnel Operations Center
Management Agency will merge into the FOA at a later date.

The merger is one of several recommendations made by an Army-level
human resources integrated process team (HRIPT) that convened last year.
Former Secretary of the Army Thomas E. White later approved these
recommendations. The HRIPT recommendations are far-reaching and complex
and involve the active Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve, civilian
employees, and contractors.

"The organizational realignment of PERSCOM and AR-PERSCOM is a
historical milestone in Army Transformation," said Lieutenant
General James R. Helmly, the Chief of Army Reserve. "This
integration will serve as the foundation for changing the manner in
which we care for the Army's most valuable resource and foundation,
its people."

PERSCOM and AR-PERSCOM will retain their respective names and unit
insignia until a date to be determined, Army officials said.

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